Iceland (Glacier Day)

We had some campervan cooked oats for breakfast before heading out on our next day in Iceland.

We headed east and made our visit stop at a lookout at the Jökulsárlón glacier. It was much more overcast (and cooler) than yesterday but we still got an incredible view of the glacier.

We drove a very short distance down the road to the glacial lagoon, which is effectively a lake formed by the melting of the glacier. This melting is a natural process, however, global warming has led to an unnatural increase in the rate of melting each year. We went for a walk for almost 2 hours exploring the areas and walking along the Lagoon - so beautiful seeing the glaciers, ducks and even one seal right next to us laying in the shallows at the shore and another seal chilling on a rock. They weren't too bothered by us!

Our final stop for the day was Diamond Beach, a spectacular black sand beach with small glaciers/pieces of ice lying in the sand - very cool! We saw bits of glacier floating and moving very quickly down the lake to the sea and we even saw a couple of seals enjoying the strong currents out to sea and swimming out to sea! Very cute (Gab particuarly loved this!) We took a walk along the beach before having one last look at the glacier before heading back towards Vik to the same camping spot from last night. We had pasta again for dinner and watched a movie before going to bed.Read more